In many fields women could inspire other women to create new companies or join politics etc. The European Institute for Gender Equality (EIGE) has just launched a new calendar with 12 women to give visibility to some of Europe's most remarkable personalities and highlight their achievements and success stories. This caninspire others for action.Cross Europe you can find many stories...
The Women Inspiring Europe 2011 Calendar features Vaili Maria Jämsä in the month of December. The time when Vaili Maria Jämsä entered into the fight for women’s rights might be a while ago. But still, the 1930-born feels that too little has been accomplished so far. Moreover, she feels disappointed from today’s generation of younger women feeling they are too...
The Women Inspiring Europe 2011 Calendar features Comfort Momoh in the month of November. „Groundbreaking could be a word to describe Comfort’s work“, is one of many quotes one gets when asking about the role of Comfort Momoh in British society. And eventhough she decribes her achievements with much more humility – saying she feels “well placed” – nobody really...
Over the course of two days (20-21 October 2011) EIGE participated in the Polish EU Presidency's expert conference “Mechanisms for reconciling professional and family roles for women and men as a chance to actively participate in the labour market” which took place in Cracow, Poland. The Institute presented the results of the report "Review of the Implementation of the Beijing...
The Women Inspiring Europe 2011 Calendar features Rita Vella in the month of October. Rita is the Deputy Chair of a National Commission and the chairwoman of one of the major organisations of her home country Malta. She works in a fulfilling job and leaves in a beautiful marriage with her husband Kevin. She loves to travel and in her...
The Swedish Ambassador to Lithuania Cecilia Ruthström-Ruin took up her duties 6 September 2011 and on 27 September she paid here first visit to EIGE. Sweden was the first Country to push for the establishment of the European Institute for Gender Equality, a draft proposal for its establishment was presented by the then Swedish Minister for Gender Equality Ms Margareta...
Eurooppanaiset (Women of Europe)-the Finnish Association of Women - and EIGE briefly met during the afternoon today in the context of the Institute's stakeholder relations activities.The topics of discussion ranged from the development of EIGE's European Network for Gender Equality, to the recent main findings report for the Polish Presidency of the European Union.The meeting established an important first bridge...
EIGE's Working Group on the Beijing Indicators convened yesterday (15 September) in Vilnius to discuss the progress on current work for the Polish EU Presidency including the upcoming studies being conducted in the context of the Danish and Cypriot 2012 EU presidencies.
The Women Inspiring Europe 2011 Calendar features Maria de Lourdes Pintasilgo in the month of September. When Maria de Lourdes Pintasilgo died in 2004, it was nothing less than an era coming to an end in Portugal. Hers was the century of women being excluded from positions of power – and she went out and conquered them for generations to...
The Women Inspiring Europe 2011 Calendar features Ms. Cristina Gallach in the month of August. Having spent more than two decades at the forefront of foreign policy – first as a journalist, then as the spokesperson for Javier Solana at NATO and the EU as well as the Spanish EU Presidency –Cristina Gallach is a household name in international relations...
The Women Inspiring Europe 2011 Calendar features Ms. Chrissie Wellington in the month of July. Chrissie has won the Ironman contest – the hardest triathlon in the world – not once, not twice, but three times in a row, making her the third woman ever to achieve a triple Ironman Championship. She holds both the course record for the Ironman...
Virginja Langbakk, Director of the European Institute for Gender Equality (EIGE) and Eva Fabry, Director of the European Centre for Women and Technology (ECWT) met on 29 June 2011 in Vilnius, Lithuania. Theydiscussed areas of collaboration between the two organizations, in particular, in the collection of data in the area of women and technology and in the upcoming research of...